Playwrights score Lark fellowships

Bradshaw, Brunstetter among those to score funds, support

Thomas Bradshaw and Bekah Brunstetter are among the playwrights to score the hefty New Voices/New York fellowship in its inaugural year, from the Lark Play Development Center.

Joshua Allen and Andrea Thome also receive fellowships, which include a $20,000 stipend for living expenses over an 18-month residency as well as $5,000 in enhancement funds to go toward securing a New York City staging of a play penned during the residency.

Bradshaw (“Mary,” “The Bereaved”) will work on two new plays, including one about Clarence Thomas, while Brunstetter (“Be a Good Little Widow,” “Oohrah!”) will start a play about the Oregon Trail and depression in the 19th century. Thome will develop a show that takes its inspiration from an Arab-Spanish philosopher and transgender performers, and Allen is set to work on two new plays.